Forgotten Recipes: From the Magazines You Loved and the Days You Remember

by Jaine Rodack, Dickey L. Stafford (Illustrator)

Magazine collector Jaine Rodack has uncovered classic dishes from as early as 1870. More than 200 flavorful flashbacks 1934 Banana Waffles, Prohibition Cocktail, and the never-fail treat, Ice Box Cake. Household hints of yesteryear and stories are scattered throughout the book, transporting the reader to a time when $10 fed a family and recipes simply stated "Cook 'til done."

Genres: Cookbooks

190 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1982

Reviews

[Julie]

I enjoyed reading this book especially the household hints, recipes, tips, and trivia. 

Here are a few of my favorites:

"I work the front button hole in my daughter's bloomers with colored thread. This has saved a great deal of time and annoyance for me because it entirely stopped my daughter from putting her bloomers on back to front." - tip from 1930

This brought back childhood memories of homemade clothes made by my grandmother and the "F" she would sew inside my pajama bottoms, pants, and shorts so I wouldn't put them on backwards. 

"Casserole is a French word that means "covered baking dish" and is a great way to save time, dishes, and money. Time (because it goes from the oven to the table), dishes, (because you can serve it in today's great oven-to-table wear) and money (because you can use leftovers, less expensive cuts of meat, and other things you have handy in your refrigerator)."

"In 1916, fashion came out with a new material - Brittania. It had a new texture with the body of taffeta, and less luster than satin."